A maritime county of England bounded by Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Devon and the English Channel.
"The coastal town of Weymouth lies within Dorset, a historic county bordered by Somerset to the north and the English Channel to the south."
The name comes from the county town of Dorchester and originally referred to the people living there in Old English. It evolved by combining an ancient British Latin place name with a suffix meaning "dwellers," which was later shortened into the modern form.